Giveaway #102: Two Hotel Chocolat’s Dark Christmas Collections

Introducing the Dark Christmas Collection from Hotel Chocolat. The box includes a selection of 19 fabulous dark chocolates beautifully presented and set to wow any guest! The selection features truffles, pralines, caramels and more.

Complete your Christmas by winning one of two stunning boxes of dark chocolates up for grabs from the UK’s premium chocolate producer – Hotel Chocolat. The prize is a must for adding a touch of sheer chocolate class to any Christmas occasion. Good luck and Merry Christmas from Hotel Chocolat!

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I have never actually made my own chocolate, but have made things like chocolate eggs and animals etc using chocolate moulds (where you melt chocolate). I would love to have a go though and add lots and lots of nuts add caramel chunks!

Yes it would be amazing! I remember watching a children’s film when I was younger where they made their own chocolate, o I’ve always thought it would be amazing. I’d love to create a milk chocolate with caramelised nuts, yum!

No I wouldn’t make chocolates. I don’t do any cake or biscuit baking any more. I used to enjoy it but if you make it you eat it and I have to constantly watch my weight. Chocolates are a rare treat now. I’ve bought some Hotel Chocolat dark chocolates for Christmas but I could make room for another box if I were lucky enough to win!

I don’t know the first thing about making chocolate but I imagine it’s quite difficult; melting chocolate to make crispy cakes can so easily go wrong, it’s got to be much more difficult than this. If I did give it a try though, the first chocolate delight I would make would be a nut cluster with a caramel centre

I’ve tried at xmas to make but it’s way too fiddly. All that tempering required is easier to buy nice chocolate instead. I do make some lovely choc treats for pressies though. Crushed after eights mixed into melted plain chocolate then broken up. Yummy!

I have made my own chocolates before. We were short of money one year so I decided to make everyones presents. Some included decadent chocolate truffles. Whilst fun to make, they probably cost more than if I’d bought presents!

I’ve made white chocolate and lemon truffles using ground up oreo cookies for the centre. They were wonderful the first time, but I just couldn’t get them right again! I’d like to try something like that again though for Christmas. Nothing too fancy because I just don’t have the skill and I don’t want to waste good chocolate.

I have made some tray bars of chocolate this year – they work better with cheap chocolate funnily enough, but look really good. Swirled up white, milk and dark chocolate, then put in maltesers and caramelised pecans. Mmm!

I think it might be a bad idea to find out how to make my own chocolates, I’d never stop eating them if I can just whip up a batch when the kids are in bed! If I did I’d love to combine them with things we grow in the garden e.g. chilli, strawberries or cherries.

I’d give it a go – it’s probably good messy fun. I’d love to make some liqueurs but that’s maybe a little ambitious so I’d like to experiment with some fresh herbs – mint, basil, maybe even lemon thyme.

Hmmm…Not sure I’d be much good at it as you have to be trained for a number of years to be a chocolatier, and while I have the patience, I’d rather just make orange strawberry or champagne truffles with good chocolate I think.

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